Florida Orchestra to serenade the sick with free Moffitt concert
Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 11th December 2014 When the musicians of the Florida Orchestra take their seats to play today, it won't be in a concert hall full of…
Incoming Florida Orchestra conductor Michael Francis welcomes a daughter
Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 11th December 2014 A special package has arrived just in time for the holidays. Michael Francis, the incoming conductor of the Florida Orchestra, and his…
Q&A With The Florida Orchestra Music Director On Elgar
Susan Giles Wantuck, WUSF Radio, 22nd October 2014 This weekend, concert goers can get better acquainted with the new Florida Orchestra Music Director Michael Francis. This will be the first…
Oregon Symphony presents a pair of guests in a packed program
James McQuillen, The Oregonian, 12th October 2014 "Francis has earned a reputation as a conductor superhero, stepping in at the last minute for one orchestra after another and leading brilliant…
Florida Orchestra opens a season of renewal
Stephanie Hayes, Tampa Bay Times, 2nd October 2014 Autumn has just begun, but for the Florida Orchestra, it may as well be the season of spring. It's a time of…
Brit Conductor Takes Over San Diego’s Mainly Mozart
Robert Egerton, Musical America, 30th September 2014 San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival has appointed British conductor Michael Francis as its new music director, succeeding festival co-founder David Atherton, who exited…
English: Dresden Philharmonic in the Albertinum
Mareile Hanns, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 29th September 2014 "...The Dresden Philharmonic had it well and truly in their grasp, together with the young English conductor Michael Francis. He delivered as…
The bassoon-monster creaks…
Jens-Uwe Sommerschuh, Sächsische Zeitung, 29th September 2014 "...Francis let the Philharmonic rage and struggle and directed them towards a desolate and yet delicate pianissimo at the finish [of Vaughan William’s…
Michael Francis named Mainly Mozart music director
James Chute, U-T San Diego, 27th September 2014 "British conductor Michael Francis is the new music director of the San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Mainly Mozart made the announcement…
Memorable Martinů from Michael Francis and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Paul Corfield Godfrey, Seen and Heard International, 25th September 2014 "The programme for Janáček’s symphonic fantasy Taras Bulba is of a violent barbarism which makes Game of Thrones look like…